TODAY: Lawrence Rosenwald discusses “Emerson’s Journals,” at 3 p.m., Concord Bookshop . . . Vera Pavlova reads from “If There is Something to Desire: Poems,’’ at 3 p.m., Pierre Menard Art Gallery, Cambridge . . . Sarah Lamstein reads from “Big Night for Salamanders,” at 2 p.m., Wellesley Booksmith.
MONDAY: Mary Gaitskill reads from “Don’t Cry,” at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store, Cambridge
TUESDAY: Clea Simon reads from “Grey Matters,” at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner . . . Keith Lee Morris and Steve Almond read from “Call It What You Want,” at 7 p.m., Porter Square Books, Cambridge . . . Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi David Wolpe speak on “The Great God Debate,” at 7:30 p.m., Back Bay Events Center, John Hancock Hall; tickets available at newcenterboston.org or by calling 617-531-4610.
WEDNESDAY: Sonya Chung reads from “Long for This World,” at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith . . . Walter Mosley discusses “Known to Evil,” at 6 p.m., Brattle Theatre, Cambridge; tickets ($5) . . . Naomi Chase and Elizabeth Marshall discuss “Anonymous Fox” and “Hidden Life of Deer,” at 7 p.m., Porter Square Books.
THURSDAY: Katharine Beals discusses “Raising a Left-Brain Child in a Right-Brain World,” at 7 p.m., Back Pages Books, Waltham . . . Tim O’Brien discusses “The Things They Carried,” at 7 p.m., First Parish Church, Harvard Square; tickets ($5) . . . Harlan Coben reads from “Caught,” at 6 p.m., Borders Back Bay.
FRIDAY: Martha Nussbaum discusses “From Disgust to Humanity,” at 7 p.m., Harvard Book Store.
For an expanded listing, visit boston.com/ae/books/blog.
